MO HB91

Employers and their employees are released from all liability for workplace injuries or deaths covered by workers' compensation, except employees remain liable for injuries caused by their own unprovoked violence or assault against another employee.

Compensation may be increased by 15 percent if injury is caused by employer's failure to comply with state statutes or lawful orders from the division or commission.

Compensation may be reduced 25-50 percent if employee fails to use provided safety devices or follow reasonable employer safety rules, provided the employee had actual knowledge of the rule and the employer made reasonable efforts to enforce it.

Compensation is reduced by 50 percent or forfeited entirely if injury occurs in conjunction with employee's violation of drug-free workplace policies or alcohol use; legal intoxication creates a rebuttable presumption that alcohol was the proximate cause of injury.

Compensation is forfeited if injury results from employee's participation in recreational activities unless the employee was directly ordered to participate, paid wages or travel expenses, or the injury resulted from an unsafe condition on employer's premises that the employer knew about but failed to address.